Goya // Quatro // KT Foiling Product Launch – Tarifa Spain

After catching the “red eye” out of Gibralter,  we were pretty lucky to be put up in the Dos Mares Hotel, Tarifa – right on the beach – 35m from the waters edge, ideal for a test trip! Tarifa is renowned for its Levante and Polienta winds –Polienta from the west // Levante from the [...]

Duotone Dealer Dakhla Test Trip // 6-12 October 2025

Holly and myself were pretty excited to be invited to the 2026 Duotone Dealer meeting in Dakhla. All the new toys were there from Duotone windsurfing, wingfoiling, parawinging, kitesurfing, ION and the new addition of power assisted foils. We had never been to Morocco before, let alone Dakhla, so knew this was going to be [...]

Duotone is Fanatic/Fanatic is Duotone….

The Boards & More Group – who own Fanatic, Ion, Duotone windsurfing & kiting – have decided to change the branding on Fanatic windsurfing, foils and wingfoiling boards all to Duotone for 2024 and going forward. For the Fanatic officinado’s this will be a bit of a surprise – those who owned the Ultra Cats, [...]

Paua 2XS Wing Foiling Travel Bags

We have been working with Paua over the last couple of years to develop a wing bag for 2XS, allowing you to transport your gear with ease through an airport and arrive without your wing board being smashed on arrival. The material, developed by a local guy and surfer named Pete Symms, is a patented [...]

Duotone Fanatic Ion // Tenerife 

I have just got from a dealer trip in El Medano in Tenerfie with Nik Baker, Jane and Tim Frampton. We all had to chance to test new Duotone windsurf sails (formerly known as North windsurfing), Ion Wetsuits, Fanatic windsurfing/SUP, plus Fanatic new windsurf/SUP/surf foiling. There were a lot of products for the dealers to launch [...]

RRD 2019 // Year 24 // Talamone Italy

We have dealt with RRD since they started selling just two models of windsurf boards which must be over 20 years ago now so we were looking forward to heading out to Talamone, Italy to see the new products, testing the gear and talking to the riders and designer’s at RRD’s Y24 product launch. On [...]

1-Day SUP Surf Mission to Devon

Team 2XS® went on a stealth SUP mission to Devon last Friday. We jumped into the van at 4.45 am and was at the beach nice and early to make the most of the 2-4 ft forecast. We originally planned to go in at Saunton Sands but when we arrived it looked quite busy. Croyde [...]

TESTED : :RRD Airwindsurf Freeride & Compact Freeride Rig

Nick Coleman has just been on a 2 week trip on a yacht to the Caribbean where he took the the new RRD Inflatable windsurf board and RRD collapsable windsurf rig. Nick is a passionate windsurfer who spends most of his time on regular lightweight windsurf kit, so he is used to the feeling of [...]